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(11) EP 4 327 694 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.05.2024 Bulletin 2024/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/09

(21) Application number: 24151307.6

(22) Date of filing: 22.11.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A46B 5/00(2006.01)
 A46B 9/04(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A46B 5/0095; A46B 9/04; A46B 2200/1066
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 28.11.2016 CN 201611069616

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
17823252.6 / 3531864

(71) Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
New York, NY 10022 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • WAINLESS, Daniel
    Piscataway, 08854 (US)
  • HOHLBEIN, Douglas, J.
    Hopewell, 08525 (US)
  • HENDERSON, Douglas
    Basking Ridge, 07920 (US)
  • TAN, Thuan Chong
    Shanghai, 201323 (CN)
  • FU, Pengyang
    Shanghai, 2012016 (CN)

(74) Representative: Mooser, Sebastian Thomas 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patentanwälte und Rechtsanwalt PartG mbB Schweigerstraße 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT WITH REPLACEMENT HEAD


(57) A personal care implement includes a treatment device having a longitudinal axis and including a treatment portion having at least one treatment element; a connection portion having a main body and a first resilient snap attachment protruding from the main body, the main body formed of a first material having a first hardness and the first resilient snap attachment formed of a second material having a second hardness, the first hardness being greater than the second hardness; and the treatment device is alterable between: (1) a detached state; and (2) an assembled state in which the treatment device is detachably coupled to a grip section such that the first resilient snap attachment cooperates with and engages a first engagement portion of the grip section to secure the treatment device to the grip section







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